Fountain-mop.



UNITED STATES Patented May 12, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FOUNTAIN-MOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 727,863, datedvMay 12, 1903.

Application tied :rune 26. 1902. serial No. 113.236'. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t mafyconcerm Be itknown that I', JAMES THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing atDuluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Mops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fountain-mops, and has for its object the provision of a mop-head containing a reservoir for liquid, from which the liquid is adapted to flow through valvecontrolled ports onto and seep through a cloth clamped to said mop-head.

With this and other objects in viewit consists of a mop-head containing a reservoir formed with outlet-ports, a slide-valve for controlling` said ports, means for operating said valve, means for locking said operating means, handle-attaching means, a cover for said reservoir, a handle for operating said mop, mop-cloths, and clamping means for securing said cloths to said mop-head.

It also consists of certain other constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a transverse section, partly in elevation,through said mophead and handle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through lsaid mop-head. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of said mophead, and Fig. Ltis a front elevation of said mop-head.

In the drawings, 1 is the front half of the'l mop-head, of which 2 is the rear half, which halves are each partly hollowed out to tormv a reservoir when said halves are secured together, as they normally are, by the rod 3 and screws 4 and any 'additional suitable means. `(Not shown.) The oppositeends of said rod 3 are bent at right angles to the central portion of said rod and.v are projected through said halves 1 and 2 andthrough the correspondingends of a clamp-bar 5, which is secured on said rod by thumb-nuts 6. The part 1 is provided with a plural number of outlet-ports 7, communicating with said reservoir, which ports are adapted to be wholly or partly covered by aslide-valve 8, seated in a channel formed in the bottom of the reservoir portion of said part 1, and which valve is provided with a number of apertures 9 corresponding to the number of said'ports and with upwardly-extending lugs 10, be-

tween which lugs extends the foot ot` a vertically-arranged arm 11, secured to one end of a horizontally-arranged shaft 12, extending through the front wall of said part 1 and carrying upon its outer end an index-lever 13, projected through a guide 14, to which it is adapted to be locked by a set-screw 15, extendingthrough a slotin said'guide and adapted to draw said leverinto frictional relation with said guide. Upon the outer face of part 2 is secured in any suitable manner'a plate having sockets 16 and 17 at diiere'nt angles formed thereon, each of which is respectively adapted at various times to receive the end of-y an operating-handle 18. Said reservoir is provided with a suitable cover, as 19, hinged, as at 20, to said part 2 or in any suitable manner to either part 1 or 2, which cover is adapted to besecured by a hook 22, secured to said part 1 and projected intoa screw-eye 2l, fixed in` the edge of said cover. A scale 2O is marked on said part 1, with which scale the index-lever 13 is adapted to'register, and which scale determines the position of the valve with regard to said ports. It is Obvious, however, that said cover may within the scope of my said invention be formed, hinged, and locked in a variety of ways and that said construction is within the scope of said invention capable of minor modifications, and I do not, therefore, desire to limit myself to the exact means shown.

In Operation one edge of the cloth is inserted from the top between the rod 3 and the front face of said part -1, the cloths being carried over said rod and downward and closely under the lower edges of said united parts l and 2, beneath said ports, and upward between the face of part 2 and the opposing face of said bar 5. The nuts 6 are then turned to draw the ends ol said rod 3 farther through said bar 6, thereby clamping one edge of said' cloth tightly between said rod and the front face of said mophead and clamping the other longitudinal edge of said cloth tightly between said bar and the rear face of said head.v If desired, the ends of thecloth may be prolonged beyond the ends of the mop-head and IOO .Pia

gathered up in any suitable manner over the lower portion of the ends of the mop-head and sewed to contiguous clamped parts of the cloth, so as to retain its position. The indeX- lever is then directed to the mark on said scale indicating that said ports are closed, the moving of said arm turning said shaft 12 and moving said arm 11, thereby operating said valve 8 to close said ports. The reservoir is then filled with oil or othel liquid to be applied and the cover closed. The lever 13 is then directed to a point on the said index indicating that the ports are opened to a desired extent, `and said lever is then clamped in position by said thumb-screw. The oil, paint, or other liquid then seeps through said cloth and is applied to the surface to be operated upon by operating the mop in the usual manner. The variously-directed sockets 16 and 17 adapt the mop for use upon surfaces in various planes.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fountain-mop, a mop-head embodying a reservoir provided with downwardly-directed outlet-ports, a slide-valve adapted to govern said ports in such manner as to simultaneously open or close all of the same, means for operating said valve, indicating means for disclosing the degree in which said ports are uncovered by said valve, means for securing said valve in a predetermined position, substantially as described.

2. In a fountain-mop, a mopehead comprising a body portion formed of two parallel parts vertically arranged in the same horizontal plane with respect to each other, and respectively having a recess, open at the top formed in their relatively opposing broad faces and adapted to register with each other and in cooperation With each other to form a reservoir, said parts being transversely apertured near each end for the passage of clamping means; clamping means for securing said parts together comprising a rod having its ends threaded and bent at right angles to its central portion and adapted to be projected through said apertures from one side of said head, a bar, apertured at each end and mounted on the projecting ends of said rod upon the opposite side of said head from the central portion of said rod, and nuts screwed upon the ends of the respective angular projections of said rod, said clamping means being also adapted to clamp the opposite longitudinal edges of mop-cloths to said mop-head substantially as described.

3. In a fountain-mop, the combination of a mop-head having a body portion formed of two recessed parts adapted When clamped together to form a reservoir, provided with downwardly-directed outlet-ports, governed by a slide-valve arranged Within said reser- Voir, means for operating said valve, means for locking said operating means in a predetermined position, distributing means adapted to govern the outflow from said reservoir at the months of said ports and comprising a cloth, or cloths clamped to said body portion on each side thereof and extending under said ports, clamping means adapted to secure said cloths to said body portion and to secure the parts of said body portion together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES THOMPSON.

Vitnesses:

JAMES T. WATSON, S. H. EGKMAN. 

